“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning” (Foucault)
When asked who I am, where I am from, where is my home, I think of this quote by Foucault.
is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.
The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata
July 30th, 2005 at 10:31 pm
That’s a nice one. Thanks!
July 31st, 2005 at 7:27 pm
how very true.. yet its .in my nature to keep wanting to define myself – who am i am. where is my home? sigh
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:24 pm
Here is Sayumi’s Derivative Theory of Identity (an addendum to Foucault):
An observer can tell more about who you really are by HOW you change over time (i.e. the delta of the process of getting from person A to person A’) rather than what characteristics you have at any given point in time.